General

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Transport Safety Report on Runway Excursions is a study comprising two parts: Part 1 - A worldwide review of commercial jet aircraft runway excursions and Part 2 - The impact of a major runway excursion accident from an Australian perspective.

Description

The first part of the report provides a statistical picture of runway excursion accidents over a 10-year period - how frequently they occur, why they occur, and what factors contributed to those accidents. The second part of the report discusses the impact of a major runway excursion accident from an Australian perspective, and identifies the safeguards that exist at Australian airports to safely control a runway excursion if one occurs.